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Registered Nurse

Healthcare · SOC 29-1141

Key numbers

Median pay
$97,550 a year ($46.90 an hour)
Pay range
$68,940 (10th percentile) to $137,470 (90th percentile)
Jobs
3,379,720 wage and salary jobs

Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2025 (wage and salary workers). How to read these numbers

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